DAAG 92

Name: DAAG 92
Start: 1992-04-13
End: 1992-04-30
Location: Bay of Biscay

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	13/04/1992 - 30/04/1992
Chief scientist(s)	MASSE Jacques
	ÉCOLOGIE ET MODÈLES POUR L'HALIEUTIQUE Centre Ifremer de Nantes Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu BP 2105 44311 Nantes Cedex 3 +33 (0)2 40 37 41 67
DOI	10.17600/92002411
Objective	Estimating the abundance of anchovies at the start of the fishing season. Study of anchovy distribution over time and space. Study of thermal and haline (salinity) conditions which could influence the distribution of this biomass.

Sea/Ocean

Bay of Biscay

Ports

Port of departure : Saint-Nazaire (France)

Port of return : Saint-Nazaire (France)

Project

INTEGRATED APPROACH - BAY OF BISCAY

Scientific Authority

ÉCOLOGIE ET MODÈLES POUR L'HALIEUTIQUE

Centre Ifremer de Nantes

Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu

44311 Nantes Cedex 3

+33 (0)2 40 37 41 67

Participating bodie(s)

IFREMER,IEO,AZTI/SIO(Instituts espagnols),ORSTOM

Discipline(s)

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B08	Phytoplankton	-	MASSE Jacques
B14	Pelagic fish Anchois : distri, taille, poids, age, morphometrie	-	MASSE Jacques
B28	Acoustic reflection on marine organ Prospection acoustique - echointegration	-	MASSE Jacques
B65	Exploratory fishing Chalutage pelagique d'identification	-	MASSE Jacques
H10	CTD stations Stations regulieres suivant radiales	73 stations	MASSE Jacques

Summary of measurements

-Acoustic prospecting, acquisition, digitization and storing of all data.
-Echointegration.
-Pelagic trawl hauls for identification.
-Analysis of catches (size and weight distribution).
-Morphometric analyses (anchovies).
-Hard tissue samples taken (age determination).
-Plankton caught.
-Regular CTD stations along legs.
-The entire cruise took place on the continental shelf between 43 and 46.40N of the French coast at 3.30W.

Location map

Data managed by SISMER

Bibliography

Publications

Puillat Ingrid , Lazure Pascal , Jegou Anne-Marie, Lampert Luis , Miller P (2004). Hydrographical variability on the French continental shelf in the Bay of Biscay, during the 1990s. Continental Shelf Research, 24(10), 1143-1163. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2004.02.008 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/779/

References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Masse Jacques (1996). L'écho-intégration en halieutique : étude et suivi de la distribution et de l'abondance des stocks exploités. Océanis, 22(1), 23-38.

References of Technical Reports

Prouzet Patrick, Metuzals-Sebedio K. (1993). L'anchois du golfe de Gascogne - Caractéristiques biologiques et campagne de pêche française en 1992.